UPDATE: 2nd Property Being Searched in Quadruple Homicide

CRAWFORD, NY — A second property, owned by Nicholas Tartaglione, the former Briarcliff Manor cop accused of four murders, was searched Wednesday by the FBI.

Tartaglione, who is being held in the Westchester County Jail, purchased the 65-acre farm, located on Long Lane, in September for $450,000, the Journal News said.

He was indicted Monday for the murders of Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Lune and Hector Gutierrez and for his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy.

Four bodies were found Tuesday on a rental property where Tartaglione lived in Otisville.

For more details, read the Journal News here.

CHESTER, NY — After a massive search of a 170-acre property where an accused murderer lived in Orange County, police have found four bodies.

The bodies were found Tuesday, Chester police confirmed to the Times Herald-Record. Nicholas Tartaglione, a former Briarcliff Manor police officer, was indicted Monday for murdering four men in Chester in April 2016.

Tartaglione, 49, was charged in White Plains federal court with in a five-count indictment for his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy and for the murders of Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Lune and Hector Gutierrez.

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The rental property where Tartaglione lived was on Old Mountain Road in Otisville, lohud.com said.

Chester Police Chief Peter Graziano said the bodies were taken to the medical examiner for positive identification.

Graziano told FIOS1 News that someone with Tartaglione’s background could be involved in a quadruple homicide and drug trafficking was “beyond reason.”

The murder counts carry a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison or the death penalty. The drug conspiracy count carries a minimum 10-year sentence and a maximum of life in prison.

For more details, go to the Times Herald-Record, FIOS1 News and lohud.com.

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